COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Nearly two years to the day since he
had of one of the greatest individual performances in Tennessee
Tech athletics history, former Golden Eagle standout basketball
player Kevin Murphy is still making headlines on a national
stage.

Murphy, who dropped a program-record 50 points against SIU
Edwardsville back on Jan. 30, 2012, raised the bar again on
Saturday evening, breaking the Idaho Stampede's (NBA D-League)
all-time scoring record with 51 points in a 127-123 victory over
the Los Angeles D-Fenders. He added eight rebounds, four steals,
three assists, and a block on the day. His 21 field goals in the
contest broke the NBA D-League record set by Jermaine Taylor last
March.

And, if the break-out performance wasn't enough, the former Tech
great was honored as the NBA Development League Performer of the
Week Monday afternoon after averaging 36.0 points on .616 shooting,
7.3 rebounds, 2.0 steals, and 1.7 assists in three games over last
week.

Murphy, who was drafted by the Utah Jazz in 2012 with the
47th overall pick, became the third-highest Golden Eagle
drafted behind Jimmy Hagan, the 18th pick in 1960, and
John Best, the 36th pick in 1993. He was also the first
Tech player drafted since Best in 1993. One of just two career
2,000-point scorers in Golden Eagle history, Murphy is averaging
23.5 points and 6.0 rebounds this season for the
Stampede.

A finalist for the 2012 Tennessee Tech Outstanding Male Athlete
award, Murphy shattered numerous school, conference and national
records over the duration of his senior season. He finished the
season with 2,019 career points in 128 games overall (14th in OVC
history) en route to becoming just the 16th player in conference
history to score 2,000 career points. His top performances
included four 30+ point efforts,11 20+ point efforts, and the 50
point outburst against SIU-Edwardsville.

Nationally, Murphy finished the season ranked No. 10 in scoring,
while his 20.6 points per game led the OVC. He now holds the No. 2
spot on the school's all-time scoring list, and became Tech's
all-time leader in games played during the Ohio Valley Conference
tournament quarterfinals. In 33 games played during his senior
season, Murphy led the team in scoring 20 contests.

A member of the OVC All-Tournament Team for the his final two
years, Murphy garnered the OVC's Player of the Week award twice in
the 2012-13 season (on Dec. 19 and Feb. 6) and was also a finalist
for CollegeInsider.com's Lou Hensen Player of the Year
award.

Murphy's best game of the season was arguably his 50-point
performance against SIU Edwardsville, which earned him the Capital
One Impact Performer of Week award. That effort would remain the
most points scored by any DI player in the 2012-13 season, and the
most since NBA player and former BYU great Jimmer Fredette scored
52 on March 11, 2011. It was the first time that an OVC player
scored 50 points since the 1991-92 season, and the most points
scored by any TTU player in school history. His 16 field goals made
in that outing also tied the Eblen Center high for most field goals
made in a game.

Murphy averaged 15.6 points per game from 2008-12, played in 128
games (the most of any Golden Eagle in history) and started in 100.
He tallied 533 rebounds and 252 assists on his career, and shot at
a .437 mark from the floor. He also shot over 40 percent from
behind the arc in his last two seasons as a Golden Eagle, finishing
his career with 36.7% accuracy from downtown.